A DEMOLITION request for Otley's Summercross pub has been lodged along with an application to build 14 homes. Developer Chartford Homes has also started digging trial pits around the East Busk Lane site, sparking fears that clearance work could be imminent
The sounds of the 80s have been wowing audiences at Prince Henry's Grammar School in Otley this week. Students and staff have put a lot of time in rehearsing for their show Back to the 80s', which opened on Tuesday night. The production features a total
Twenty-year-old chef Richard Kolowsky has stepped in to play the role of Tony in the forthcoming production of The Boyfriend' at Guiseley Theatre when Guiseley Amateur Operatic Society (GAOS) lost their leading man. Richard is a chef at the Braken Fox
Rodgers and Hammerstein's King of Siam was famously proud of his extensive family, so he would definitely have approved of the cast of Ilkley Amateur Operatic Society's latest production, The King and I'. Currently in rehearsals, the show has turned
ON the face of it anything which will bring more money in to Otley's struggling (in terms of user numbers) public swimming pool has to be welcomed. And in transferring control of the Chippindale Pool (along with all its other sports facilities) to a charitable
SIR - Following the most welcome announcement of the plans by Otley Town Council to improve the Orchardgate toilet facilities which were reported in the Wharfedale Observer on January 24, I would like to clear up any ambiguity about the priority which
125 years ago A rather serious accident occurred at Messrs Garnett's paper mill to a man named Charlie Longfield, who lives at Cross Green, Otley. It appears he was attempting to lift an iron door of a pump and let it slip. It fell on his hand. Several
When I was about 14 years of age I went on a school trip to see Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at the Leeds Playhouse. When we got there we found that the company performing the play were doing so as if playing in Shakespeare's time, that is, without women
Australia Day was celebrated on Saturday. It is difficult to distinguish a unique dish native to Australia as the cuisine is influenced by many countries, but the emphasis has to be on simple, fresh ingredients. I have chosen a recipe for ANZAC Biscuits
Just Car Clinics - 57.5p WE first recommended shares in this AIM listed company back in September 2005. The share price at that time was 35.5p and since then we have tipped the company a further two times, at 39p in April 2006 and lastly at 44p in
As an experienced soldier who had served in Northern Ireland, Vic Ferguson thought he was ready for anything - but nothing prepared him for the suffering of a 12-year-old Bosnian girl. Hurmija Mujic had been left paralysed by a shell and believed she
Concerns have been raised about the upkeep of a meadow in the centre of Menston. Porritt's Field was left to the village by local benefactor Beatrice Porritt. The large patch of land is the last green field left in the village and is marked with a plaque
Skyrac's young athletes enjoyed an outstanding day last Sunday at the U-15 and U-17 Northern Indoor Championships at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The team of six elite athletes not only claimed five finalists they also set three personal
OTLEY coach Mike Barnett will see his England A Women's team play an experienced Nomads outfit on Saturday at London Irish RFC in Sunbury. Included in the England A squad on the replacemens' bench is the Yeadon-based Samantha Jamieson (right) who
GUISELEY'S Scott Freer has been named in the England squad of 22 for their opening game of the season at Gloucester tomorrow, Friday. He has previously represented England at U-18 and U-19 levels. The Leeds Carnegie prop forward, a former pupil at Prince
Otley Town 3 Pontefract Sports 0 When, in October, Otley Town defeated Pontefract 8-0 it was about par for the course, because at that time the visitors were conceding an average of seven goals a game and in grave danger of facing relegation for the
Burley Trojans 2 Bedale 1 Burley entertained Bedale Town in the third round of the League Cup looking to reverse the 5-1 drubbing handed out in the league fixture in early December. Player-manager Jamie Davey welcomed back several first team regulars
Guiseley 2 Harrogate Town 3 AN understrength Guiseley were on the ropes in the first-half of this West Riding County Cup game, their defence being cut to ribbons by some pacey Harrogate attacking. With four of the newer signings in James Cotterill
Schools, businesses and community organisations were getting back on track this week after last week's torrential rainfall. But as the forecast for this week brightened, those worst affected by the downpour vowed to improve flood defences on their premises
LAST May's 101st Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts was one of the best and most successful in recent years, according to organiser Liz Sharp. At the recent annual general meeting, Mrs Sharp said: "There are so many components all working together
More than 30 people in Yeadon are objecting to plans to build a two-storey block of flats on a site which they say is in the midst of sheltered accommodation for the elderly. Residents from Albert Square and Carlton Terrace claim the four flats with
The parents of RAF pilot David Stead - who was killed in Iraq three years ago - quietly marked the anniversary of his death yesterday. But they have pledged to continue their fight to ensure that the entire fleet of RAF Hercules aircraft is fitted with
LEEDS North West MP Greg Mulholland is leading a call for bars to bring back standard-size' wine glasses. Mr Mulholland, whose constituency includes Pool-in-Wharfedale, Bramhope and Otl-ey, presented a bill to the House of Commons yesterday that would
